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president obama came out afterwards and gave a speech. again he was commending the protesters for standing up for their universal rights that president obama said he supports, the right of assembly, democracy, right to pick your own leaders, etcetera. but he also cautioned the protesters against resorting to violence, cautioning the egyptian government against violence. and it's still again, he was still supporting mubarak very much. then over the weekend everything changed and the president and others and the administration secretary of state hillary clinton -- that was after mubarak basically reshuffled his cabinet thinking that would be enough realized he needed more how far a fendly nudged and that's when they dispatched the former u.s. omnibus dur to egypt frank wisner to go there and basically say we don't think, president obama doesn't think you should run for re-election, quote/unquote re-election. and that your son, gamal should not be on the ballot this septr either. again mubarak didn't seem to be getting the message although h
president obama came out afterwards and gave a speech. again he was commending the protesters for standing up for their universal rights that president obama said he supports, the right of assembly, democracy, right to pick your own leaders, etcetera. but he also cautioned the protesters against resorting to violence, cautioning the egyptian government against violence. and it's still again, he was still supporting mubarak very much. then over the weekend everything changed and the president...
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secretary clinton was speaking out and people were looking to hear what president obama had to say. one of the reasons it has taken him so long to speak out is because the administration is very concerned for the safety of u.s. diplomats, u.s. citizen that are currently in libya that they're trying to get out. there was supposed to be a ferry carrying these citizens to malta earlier today and they were unable to get out because of high seas and that's why you saw in the president's statement a very calibrated message where, as you said, he strongly condemned the violence that we're seeing unfold there but he did not mention qaddafi by name, the administration being very careful not to personalize this. >> rose: has the president tried to have a telephone conversation with qaddafi, as the second general of the united nations did? >> not that -- we haven't been told anything of the sort but we do know that he has been, over the past several weeks, as this domino situation has begun to unfold in the middle east, he has been speaking with middle east leaders. he did mention in his remar
secretary clinton was speaking out and people were looking to hear what president obama had to say. one of the reasons it has taken him so long to speak out is because the administration is very concerned for the safety of u.s. diplomats, u.s. citizen that are currently in libya that they're trying to get out. there was supposed to be a ferry carrying these citizens to malta earlier today and they were unable to get out because of high seas and that's why you saw in the president's statement a...
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. >> and we continue with jewel jewel, from bloomberg news, who covered president obama's statement this afternoon. >> it got to a point where the president did need to speak out. clinton was speaking out about what he had to say. one of the reasons it took so long is the administration is very concerned for the safety of u.s. diplomats. >> rose: and for a consideration of the decision-making that may be taking place in governments around the world, we turn to john negroponte, former secretary of at a secretary of , ambassador to the united nations and ambassador to iraq. >> i mean, if there is a part of the world where there's real interest in the stability, the well being, the freedom and the economic development of the north african region, it has to be europe. if i were the president of the united states, i would work this one on a multilateral basis for the time being. there may be some time in the future where we will have to take the lead with some kind of coercive action. you can't rule that out. but it seems to me this is still a time where at least right now i would be advising
. >> and we continue with jewel jewel, from bloomberg news, who covered president obama's statement this afternoon. >> it got to a point where the president did need to speak out. clinton was speaking out about what he had to say. one of the reasons it took so long is the administration is very concerned for the safety of u.s. diplomats. >> rose: and for a consideration of the decision-making that may be taking place in governments around the world, we turn to john negroponte,...
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here >> first of all, as you know, i have supported the obama administration's foreign policy and i want them to succeed. i'm concerned that there is a danger of confusion confusing the process by which the change of government stays in place with a contest that has to take place after this. i do not think the administration will be in a position to put itself at the head of the true democratic parade around the world baby becoming too involved in the process of changing the governmental structure of egypt. in fact, i believe that if the process of changing the government is structured, it's not well-conducted. the more important contest that will come afterwards when the non-democratic and anti-democratic forces begin to organize each other will become much more difficult to contest. right now the radical and extremist and jihadist forces want somebody to create the democratic space so that they can afterwards pursue their objectives, many of which are against our interests and in the process of moving towards a democratic system we should keep in mind that there are two separate e
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town hall on tuesday this congressman as asked by an elderly man in the audience who's going to shoot obama that's right a man in a town hall with a congressman asked that question and the only way that anyone even found out about it was in the comments section of the athens banner herald where somebody posted a comment detail of the incident so you would think that the proper response would be to immediately condemned this lunatic right to condemn violence against elected officials especially considering the tragedy that just happened in tucson arizona but if you thought that that was the only sane response the congress would have to a question about assassinating a president then you would be wrong because according to two witnesses who spoke in a talking points memo the congressman laughed at the question along with the majority of the people inside the town hall that's right he laughed at the idea of the assassination of the president now he then went on to seemingly validate finance crazy question by saying the following he said the thing is i know there's a lot of frustration with thi
town hall on tuesday this congressman as asked by an elderly man in the audience who's going to shoot obama that's right a man in a town hall with a congressman asked that question and the only way that anyone even found out about it was in the comments section of the athens banner herald where somebody posted a comment detail of the incident so you would think that the proper response would be to immediately condemned this lunatic right to condemn violence against elected officials especially...
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peel obama care so instead of calling this person out for his question he agreed a lot of people were frustrated with the president and then built a little pitch for why we needed someone new in office i think that it's high time for elected officials on both sides of the aisle to stand up to their fringe supporters stand up to these crazies i think it brings office has now realized that as they've since issued a statement calling the question of warrant and you know what guys i think that it's a little bit too late and that's why georgia congressman paul broun winter nights tool time warp. it's anyone who's crushing hard on the hottie from work may have heard about the latest app to his facebook it's called a waiting room and it's a great way for you to monitor the relationship status of your crush online here's how it works so you sign up for the app and you indicate your interest in a person who's already in a relationship that person then gets a notice in their inbox that you have a crush on that and if or when that person becomes signal single your identity is revealed now there'
peel obama care so instead of calling this person out for his question he agreed a lot of people were frustrated with the president and then built a little pitch for why we needed someone new in office i think that it's high time for elected officials on both sides of the aisle to stand up to their fringe supporters stand up to these crazies i think it brings office has now realized that as they've since issued a statement calling the question of warrant and you know what guys i think that it's...
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but there's a hump the obama administration has to cross in order to reach out. >> rose: how do you make an argument that we want to be on the right side of history and yet at the same time we're not... as soon as it gets tough for our friends we can change sides. >> rose: the one thing we have to figure out, who are our friends. >> rose: right. >> over and over again while the uprising was taking place in egypt you would hear hear someone from the administration or someone in general saying well, egypt has been our friend. that's not true. egypt hasn't been our friend. mubarak has been our friend. let's recognize who our friends are really. i think once you do that it opens up that possibility. mubarak's gone. we need new friends. the other thing that many of these young people have been telling us is there's no consistency in the american foreign policy? that region. on the one hand, the president of the united states expresses openly after initial hesitation openly his support for the uprising in iran as he did last year. he came out and supported the green revolution, he spoke very f
but there's a hump the obama administration has to cross in order to reach out. >> rose: how do you make an argument that we want to be on the right side of history and yet at the same time we're not... as soon as it gets tough for our friends we can change sides. >> rose: the one thing we have to figure out, who are our friends. >> rose: right. >> over and over again while the uprising was taking place in egypt you would hear hear someone from the administration or...
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it is now our privilege to present president obama's fiscal year 2012 budget. the budget requests $1,837,000,000,000 for nasa to read this but it requires us to live within our means so we can invest in our future. it connects to the human space flight and new technologies. it establishes critical priorities and invests in excellent science, erotic research and education programs that will help us when the future. at its core, nasa's vision remains the same as it always has been. to reach for new heights and revealed the unknown so that what we do and what we learn that all humankind. but now, at we've carried out this mission and fulfillment of our vision with a renewed commitment to focusing on what we do best while in power in today's innovators and entrepreneurs to carry out the rest. in these difficult times the budget supports all elements of the partisan authorization act of 2010 and carries held our national goal of innovation, education and of building the rest of the world. because these are tough fiscal times, tough choices had to be made. our number
it is now our privilege to present president obama's fiscal year 2012 budget. the budget requests $1,837,000,000,000 for nasa to read this but it requires us to live within our means so we can invest in our future. it connects to the human space flight and new technologies. it establishes critical priorities and invests in excellent science, erotic research and education programs that will help us when the future. at its core, nasa's vision remains the same as it always has been. to reach for...
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and even the obamas themselves got in on the act. ererererererer >>> overseas stocks are climbing this morning. tokyo's nikkei average climbed 0.7% today. hong kong's hang seng rose nearly 2%. in london, the ftse opened higher. and on wall street, the dow fell 37 points yesterday. the nasdaq gained almost 15 points. >>> well, believe it or not, toyota has issued yet another massive recall. this time, nearly 2.2 million vehicles, are being recalled because the gas pedal could become trapped by floor mats or even jammed in the carpeting. toyota has now recalled 14 million vehicles since 2009, to fix a wide range of problems. >>> and a little bit of good news. most workers can expect to take home a little bit more money this year. a new survey finds that companies plan on increasing pay by an average of 3%. that's up from 2.7% last year. and would be the biggest hike since the start of the financial crisis. >>> and the irs are offering leniency for some who are struggling with their tax debt. the agency has announced new rules, to make
and even the obamas themselves got in on the act. ererererererer >>> overseas stocks are climbing this morning. tokyo's nikkei average climbed 0.7% today. hong kong's hang seng rose nearly 2%. in london, the ftse opened higher. and on wall street, the dow fell 37 points yesterday. the nasdaq gained almost 15 points. >>> well, believe it or not, toyota has issued yet another massive recall. this time, nearly 2.2 million vehicles, are being recalled because the gas pedal could...
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give me a sense of boehner versus obama. >> i think boehner is approaching a kind of waterfall. in the next week or two they are going to be i think a government shutdown it will one of moss mano amano things, a hemmingway moment where he has to come up against a cool customer, president obama who does well in the clinch. you know in the movie the godfather when he lights the cigarette out in front of the hospital and you realize this guy was born for this. i don't want to go up against that guy. and i think bayne certificate a little more nervous. he's an average guy, in terms of temperment. he does get nervous, he gets choked up. i don't know whether he is ready for this fight and i don't think he wants this fight and i think he's taking it on because the tea party people behind him want to cut government spending so much in the current fiscal year, right now, they don't want any more continuing resolutions that what is going to happen is there will be a moment in the next week or two when they will not reach agreement by the house lead by the republicans and harry reid on the
give me a sense of boehner versus obama. >> i think boehner is approaching a kind of waterfall. in the next week or two they are going to be i think a government shutdown it will one of moss mano amano things, a hemmingway moment where he has to come up against a cool customer, president obama who does well in the clinch. you know in the movie the godfather when he lights the cigarette out in front of the hospital and you realize this guy was born for this. i don't want to go up against...
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i thought president obama answered wonderfully. he was that likable person you remember from the campaign. >> i heard some people say it is not diified enough. >> he is showing he can take on bill o'reilly. >> the lion's den takes us to the next topic. i want to start with you, we have a real time crisis in the world which we are watching closely. i am talking about egypt and the unfolding crisis. the president and white house has called for a transition. they said it should be now but there has been some confusion over what know means. do you know what the policy is? >> not really but understand it is involves -- i think that one of the problems yesterday was having two different spokes people from the administration and president obama speaking at the same time. when you are in a crisis you should probably feel thingout. >> this is one of the great examples of the complexity of this job in the global world we live. if youre a white house secretary or state department spokesman you are speaking to multiple audiences simultaneously
i thought president obama answered wonderfully. he was that likable person you remember from the campaign. >> i heard some people say it is not diified enough. >> he is showing he can take on bill o'reilly. >> the lion's den takes us to the next topic. i want to start with you, we have a real time crisis in the world which we are watching closely. i am talking about egypt and the unfolding crisis. the president and white house has called for a transition. they said it should...
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president obama will be having dinner in the bay area tonight. and on the guest list are the likes of steve jobs and mark zuckerberg. traci grant is at san francisco international where air force one is scheduled to touchdown within the hour, and that's one plan that likely won't be affected by weather delays at the airport. one never knows, though, tracy? >> it's true, you never know. a lot of the flights have been delayed today. but i can probably wager that when air force one touches down at 5:45. it will take top priority on the tarmac. these are the marines, and they are waiting to welcome air force one when it comes in in just a short time. president obama is here to break bread tonight in the silicon valley with technology's top tier of business leaders to discuss how to promote american innovation and get people back to work. imagine being in a room with the top technology executives, steve jobs, chairman and ceo of apple. larry ellison, co-founder of oracle and mark zuckerberg, president and ceo of facebook. the biggest vip for tonight's
president obama will be having dinner in the bay area tonight. and on the guest list are the likes of steve jobs and mark zuckerberg. traci grant is at san francisco international where air force one is scheduled to touchdown within the hour, and that's one plan that likely won't be affected by weather delays at the airport. one never knows, though, tracy? >> it's true, you never know. a lot of the flights have been delayed today. but i can probably wager that when air force one touches...
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we flipped a coin and we voted for obama. we are still -- i guess we might be on the fence a little bit. our opinion is, he is a decent person and he is honest anyhow. i guess he doesn't fit into the republican thinking but i think he cannot -- he can get along with republicans. we don't hate him, that's for sure. host: next to minnesota. you are on the independent blind. caller: 20 to wake up and support our president. greed.fighting agree with the trillions of tax breaks of the top 8%, of that money is being funneled into bad mouthing our president and cutting our social programs, our safety net for those less fortunate. we need to recognize greed for what it is. republicans need to fess up to their greed. god bless obama. he is doing what he can. why anybody would want the job, i don't know. he is a good man. host: democrats line, california. caller: i am calling from rialto, california. i am an inventor and the president speaks about inventions. i have an invention that will create jobs and save lives and bring down the i
we flipped a coin and we voted for obama. we are still -- i guess we might be on the fence a little bit. our opinion is, he is a decent person and he is honest anyhow. i guess he doesn't fit into the republican thinking but i think he cannot -- he can get along with republicans. we don't hate him, that's for sure. host: next to minnesota. you are on the independent blind. caller: 20 to wake up and support our president. greed.fighting agree with the trillions of tax breaks of the top 8%, of...
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the obama administration says it will no longer defend the constitutionality of a federal law that bans the recognition of same-sex marriage. the justice department had backed the defense of marriage act until now. obama administration officials note the supreme court has ruled that laws criminalizing homosexual conduct are unconstitutional. >>> president obama is condemning the bloodshed in libya as new scenes of violence and chaos begin to trickle out of that country. the this is the latest amateur video that appears to show protestors destroying monuments and posters of their ruler moammar qaddafi. reports are surfacing that a libyan pilot chose to crash his jet instead of bombing a city. today the state department began ferrying u.s. citizens out of the country to the malta. the evacuation comes a day after qaddafi vowed to fight until his last drop of blood. >> he clearly is defiant and has pledged more violence here and so i don't think this is going to end quietly. >> president obama is expected to speak on the turmoil in libya a little later today or tomorrow. >>> and now a swed
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and that will be a fill your for the obama administration. so i think administration is taking the view at least that it can influence, pressure suleiman with whom we have a close relationship into doing what is promised. producing these reforms within six months, finding time for political parties to come into being, talk to the egyptian people. it's all pretty far-fetched in a way when you think of the very close time frame. and certainly elbaradei says it's not possible. we need mubarak to go, he says, and we need a year to prepare elections. >> rose: i want to turn to one thing that i thought you wrote about really well, which is the sense of dignity that pervades the people that you have met. i'm quoting now from a man who said "why would we trust him now to play it right?" that's the question the west hand answered. you say "the deeper problem is more culture than political, to accept the mubarak or chaos argument is a form of disrespect to the civility and capacity of tahrir square. it's an expressio o western failure before the explod
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but you also had the obama administration model of not doing anything at all in the last... in the last two years. there is a way to support reform but not impose it and i totally agree rob. reform issues should be high on the list of issues prior to issues that the u.s. has in... when it deals with countries of the region. that doesn't mean that you impose it, but it does mean that you make these countries understand that this is something that the u.s. cares deeply about. if it is done in a consistent level and if it is done at all levels-- from the president to the ambassador-- then i think that you can do it in a collaborative way. >> rose: is the united states today less influential in the middle east than it was a monday ago? >> you know, you cannot be behind the curve and then hope that in a week or so you get ahead and regain your credibility in one week. this is a long-term process. i'm not sure there's anything the united states can do today on the egyptian scene. i mean it has been behind the curb on egypt and we are now seeing what the results are. but i think th
but you also had the obama administration model of not doing anything at all in the last... in the last two years. there is a way to support reform but not impose it and i totally agree rob. reform issues should be high on the list of issues prior to issues that the u.s. has in... when it deals with countries of the region. that doesn't mean that you impose it, but it does mean that you make these countries understand that this is something that the u.s. cares deeply about. if it is done in a...
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. >> then president obama in washington said this. >> today belongs to the people of egypt. and the american people are moved by these scenes in cairo and across egypt because of who we are as a people. and the kind of world that we want our children to grow up in. the word tahrir means liberation. there is a word that speaks to that something in our souls that cries out for freedom. and forever more it will remind us of the egyptian people. and what they did, of the things that they stood for. and how they changed their country and in doing so, changed the world. >> rose: it is hard, very hard to express the emotion that is so powerful on the streets of this city. here's some of the scenes my producers shot with bhee as we came to the studio this evening. >> . >> we are a revolution . >>> . >> these pictures speak volumes but make no mistake, the hard work is just beginning. the people who have made this day from all sides now come together to try to reshape a country. we begin our conversation about this day in just a moment. >> we are now here with hafez al mirazi, a talk
. >> then president obama in washington said this. >> today belongs to the people of egypt. and the american people are moved by these scenes in cairo and across egypt because of who we are as a people. and the kind of world that we want our children to grow up in. the word tahrir means liberation. there is a word that speaks to that something in our souls that cries out for freedom. and forever more it will remind us of the egyptian people. and what they did, of the things that...
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you know, it's about this same time last year president obama and democrats in congress promised that if we pass their $1 trillion stimulus bill and grew big government f government that jobs would be created meedly. they said unemployment would remain below 8%. republicans stood on principles, offered a better alternative. that according to an analysis developed by the president's own economic advisers would have created twice the jobs at half the cost. the democrats chose to go it alone and jam through their stimulus. what did the american people get? a bill for $1.2 trillion and 3 million more jobs lost. americans are still asking, where are the jobs? where are the jobs? but all they're getting from washington is more spending, more taxes, more debt, and more bailouts. so when it comes to budget matters, i usually find myself agng
you know, it's about this same time last year president obama and democrats in congress promised that if we pass their $1 trillion stimulus bill and grew big government f government that jobs would be created meedly. they said unemployment would remain below 8%. republicans stood on principles, offered a better alternative. that according to an analysis developed by the president's own economic advisers would have created twice the jobs at half the cost. the democrats chose to go it alone and...
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obama has ordered three more ground strikes than george bush in his entire time in office. it's the continuities between obama and bush. >> charlie: that's not that many. >> there aren't that many members of al-qaeda or afghanistan or pakistan but there are 200 members of al-qaeda on 9/11. this has been a pretty small organization. >> charlie: at the time of 9/11 they had a group of 200 member. >> the waive we define membership, swearing a personal oath or allegiance to bin laden. you don't swear allegiance to al-qaeda you swear allegiance to bin laden himself. >> charlie: where does that come from? >> the phrase in arabic is buy out which is an old idea an islamic ruler you swear oath of allegiance. the numbers of al-qaeda have always been small. i think it's a bit of red herring to just focus on the numbers because the strength of al-qaeda is to have a group for these ideas. so you see itself as an elite group that's trying to influence other people. the good news is that more and more muslims are turning againt it. that's beginning to change. >> charlie: the afghan star
obama has ordered three more ground strikes than george bush in his entire time in office. it's the continuities between obama and bush. >> charlie: that's not that many. >> there aren't that many members of al-qaeda or afghanistan or pakistan but there are 200 members of al-qaeda on 9/11. this has been a pretty small organization. >> charlie: at the time of 9/11 they had a group of 200 member. >> the waive we define membership, swearing a personal oath or allegiance to...
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he was in the oval office with obama last week. so i don't know what i did. i am so sorry. >> jimmy: what could be bad about this. >> i don't know but i feel like he's such -- everyone -- he was in the clinton administration. i mean shall i shouldn't have said his name maybe because -- >> jimmy: if you said i'd like to thank my father-in-law who walks around in his underpants it would have been bad. >> i want people in washington to take him seriously. oh, so you're with -- the father, the in-law of the bimbo ago strekt. >> jimmy: you already have a problem in washington because you're playing the good wife who is the wife of the guy -- the politician who had a sex scandal, political scandal and i'm sure they don't love that. >> well, shockingly enough like i get the skinny from my father-in-law. they all watch it sandy berger watches it. i mean they all watch the show but i think it's that kind of thing where the people that my father-in-law knows who watches the show aren't the people who have ever been in the news. >> jimmy: who is the husband character ba
he was in the oval office with obama last week. so i don't know what i did. i am so sorry. >> jimmy: what could be bad about this. >> i don't know but i feel like he's such -- everyone -- he was in the clinton administration. i mean shall i shouldn't have said his name maybe because -- >> jimmy: if you said i'd like to thank my father-in-law who walks around in his underpants it would have been bad. >> i want people in washington to take him seriously. oh, so you're with...
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. >> robert gibbs also said the obama administration will consider the egyptian government's actions in reviewing decisions about $1.5 billion in u.s. aid to egypt. they urged egyptian president hosni mubarak to stop the violence but stopped short of saying he should step down immediately. journalists are now being attacked they say by pro-mubark recruiters. we'll be following the developments all day and, of course, bring you the latest at 5 and 6:00. >> jenelle, thanks very much. back here at home more than three-quarters of the nation is feeling the effects of record snow, coatings of ice and high winds steam rolling from texas and the midwest all the way to new england. the blizzard is now considered the third worse in chicago history. 250 drivers had to be rescued from the city's lake shore drive overnight. some were stranded for five hours it is. >> frozen, nothing's moving. it's just like insane. >> we know that hundreds of people were very inconvenienced and we apologize for that. >> more than a million americans could be without power by this afternoon because of downed line
. >> robert gibbs also said the obama administration will consider the egyptian government's actions in reviewing decisions about $1.5 billion in u.s. aid to egypt. they urged egyptian president hosni mubarak to stop the violence but stopped short of saying he should step down immediately. journalists are now being attacked they say by pro-mubark recruiters. we'll be following the developments all day and, of course, bring you the latest at 5 and 6:00. >> jenelle, thanks very much....
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. >>> president obama calling for the libyan leader moammar gadhafi to step down. libya and the ruling family now facing punishment for the deadly response to antigovernment protests. scott goldberg with more on tonight's u.n. decision. >> reporter: onlookers reacted with surprise as the united nations security council unanimously voted to levy strong sanctions against libya. even china's representative agreed to the sanctions to place international travel bans on moammar gadhafi, his family and members of his inner circle. to freeze the family's assets and to refer the case to a war crime's tribunal in the hague. >> this is a clear warning to the libyan government that it must stop the killing. >> reporter: the vote followed a day of meetings interrupted as members of the council conferred with their own governments about the language and scope of the sanctions. saturday president obama made his strongest comments to date on the uprising saying in a private phone call to germany's chancellor gadaffi should step down and leave the country. 150 civilians were rescue
. >>> president obama calling for the libyan leader moammar gadhafi to step down. libya and the ruling family now facing punishment for the deadly response to antigovernment protests. scott goldberg with more on tonight's u.n. decision. >> reporter: onlookers reacted with surprise as the united nations security council unanimously voted to levy strong sanctions against libya. even china's representative agreed to the sanctions to place international travel bans on moammar...
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is obama down? i think what's responsibility that democracy groups like n.d.i. in america and different n.g.o.s involved in democracy promotion, i was talking to one of the older people in the square but a doctor who's definitely part of this process he said what we desperately need are the building blocks of civil society. mubarak never let us have that. the only people who have it are muslim brothers. so they have powerful n.g.o.s. they have the abilitto organize. they have a political arm. the authentic very powerful group, they don't have that. and the best thing we can do... two things we can do for egypt that would... one is at the n.g.o. end level get over here. get over here and simply volunteer not to order, not direct, not dictate but to say do you need to know how to organize these kind of things? here's our experience. >> rose: egypt can now open itself up to all of the intelligence and all of the creativity in the world to join their own process. >> and there's one last thing we can do
is obama down? i think what's responsibility that democracy groups like n.d.i. in america and different n.g.o.s involved in democracy promotion, i was talking to one of the older people in the square but a doctor who's definitely part of this process he said what we desperately need are the building blocks of civil society. mubarak never let us have that. the only people who have it are muslim brothers. so they have powerful n.g.o.s. they have the abilitto organize. they have a political arm....
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do you think president obama should be more explicitly? >> i don't like to tell if president what i think he should do. george, i don't have all of the information that the president has. i just believe from the experience i've had with the egyptians, i've known president mubarak. i've been to egypt many times. and the time has come for him to arrange for a transition that has the army, pro-democracy elements and others in a transition government, so we can have a free and fair and open election. the best opportunity for a pro-democracy government and not a radical, islamic government, is an open, transparent process. this virus spreading through the middle east, it proves the universeality of un yeau universality, proves the human yearnings. and probably the only place you won't see the demonstrations is iraq. >> good point. i want to get to those -- the region in a second. first, on president mubarak. as you say, you know him well. he seems to be digging in right now. if that continues, should the united states suspend its aid to egypt?
do you think president obama should be more explicitly? >> i don't like to tell if president what i think he should do. george, i don't have all of the information that the president has. i just believe from the experience i've had with the egyptians, i've known president mubarak. i've been to egypt many times. and the time has come for him to arrange for a transition that has the army, pro-democracy elements and others in a transition government, so we can have a free and fair and open...
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. >> robert gibbs also said the obama administration will consider the egyptian government's actions in reviewing decisions about $1.5 billion in u.s. aid to egypt. they urged egyptian president hosni mubarak to stop the violence but stopped short of saying he should step down immediately. journalists are now being attacked they say by pro-mubark recruiters. we'll be following the developments all day and, of course, bring you the latest at 5 and 6:00. >> jenelle, thanks very much. back here at home more than three-quarters of the nation is feeling the effects of record snow, coatings of ice and high winds steam rolling from texas and the midwest all the way to new england. the blizzard is now considered the third worse in chicago history. 250 drivers had to be rescued from the city's lake shore drive overnight. some were stranded for five hours it is. >> frozen, nothing's moving. it's just like insane. >> we know that hundreds of people were very inconvenienced and we apologize for that. >> more than a million americans could be without power by this afternoon because of downed line
. >> robert gibbs also said the obama administration will consider the egyptian government's actions in reviewing decisions about $1.5 billion in u.s. aid to egypt. they urged egyptian president hosni mubarak to stop the violence but stopped short of saying he should step down immediately. journalists are now being attacked they say by pro-mubark recruiters. we'll be following the developments all day and, of course, bring you the latest at 5 and 6:00. >> jenelle, thanks very much....
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internet, you know, you have a deliberate account towards this disinformation as we have seen with obama and the health care program and so on and so forth. so it's very difficult to know what's going to be there. and what's going to be something you can believe in that you can control. the risks that come from publishing hour largely by paying too much money for not very good books. and those risks are increasing because there is always somebody who is willing to offer more money than a best seller should come and the big firms fall when the policy haven't necessarily need that money. when the takeover and random house, the whole policy is based on that. they lost more money than they ever had in the history of the firm. so that's, you know, that is the kind of risk that people are willing to take. the risk of a new idea or a new ultra isn't willing to take, so you have a problem. the internet, you know, publishing on the internet works if you have a highly targeted audience and a specialized book. the university press is now publishing the monographs, nearly entirely on the internet be
internet, you know, you have a deliberate account towards this disinformation as we have seen with obama and the health care program and so on and so forth. so it's very difficult to know what's going to be there. and what's going to be something you can believe in that you can control. the risks that come from publishing hour largely by paying too much money for not very good books. and those risks are increasing because there is always somebody who is willing to offer more money than a best...
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we have more from the white house where president obama condemns the violence. >> reporter: amateur video shows protestors in libya planting their own flag of independence on top of a government building in the capital of tripoli. demonstrators say they have taken control of benghazi, libya's second largest city. gunfire rang out under the player of car horizons and chanting crowds as protestors celebrated. the revolt is weakening moammar kadafi's 32-year grip on power. at the un top dim mats called for kadafi to resign, repudiating him as a war criminal. >> two libyan fighter pilots who said they were ordered to fire on protestors landed in nearby maltake seeking asylum. crack downs have left more than 200 people dead. the white house is urgeling them to avoid violence as they keep a close eye on the unrest spreading across the region. >>> in yemen the u.s.-backed president refuses to step down even as thousands of demonstrators rally for his resignation. and in bahrain temperatureses are still boiling, now a group of young protestors are demanding a removal of this entire monarchy in th
we have more from the white house where president obama condemns the violence. >> reporter: amateur video shows protestors in libya planting their own flag of independence on top of a government building in the capital of tripoli. demonstrators say they have taken control of benghazi, libya's second largest city. gunfire rang out under the player of car horizons and chanting crowds as protestors celebrated. the revolt is weakening moammar kadafi's 32-year grip on power. at the un top dim...
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this is president obama's 2012 spending plan. >> well, you guys are doing great work. keep it up. i'm proud of you. >> reporter: at a middle school in baltimore, he fired the first shot in the battle over budget cuts. >> we have a responsibility to invest in those areas that will have the biggest impact in our future. >> reporter: he wants to invest in education and other areas, like research, building power plants, and encouraging electric cars. republicans say america just can't afford it. >> it's a plan that says fulfilling the president's vision of a future of trains and windmills is more important than a balanced checkbook. >> reporter: the presses's plan cuts $1 trillion from the deficit over ten years. cuts in defense, community grants, and home heating assistance programs for the poor. even the white house acknowledges its budget isn't the final word. brian moore, nbc news, washington. >> now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. in florida horrific collision was caught on dash cam. a bicyclist was seriously injured when a police cruiser plowed
this is president obama's 2012 spending plan. >> well, you guys are doing great work. keep it up. i'm proud of you. >> reporter: at a middle school in baltimore, he fired the first shot in the battle over budget cuts. >> we have a responsibility to invest in those areas that will have the biggest impact in our future. >> reporter: he wants to invest in education and other areas, like research, building power plants, and encouraging electric cars. republicans say america...
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president obama pleased but somber. >> there are... very few moments in our lives where we have the privilege to witness history taking place. and this is one of the moments. >> jipt's armed forces supreme council now runs the country. a spokesman promised the army would transition to a representative government. the google executive whose postings helped spark this revolution says heroes under the streets. >> real heroes are in the streets. the real heroes are every single egyptian. there is no one leading this. one nin saying they're one of the leaders is not the truth. the leaders on the square were every single person there. he said he knew a year ago the internet would change the political scene in egypt. >> today i'm telling you that egypt is going to be a democratic state. you'll be impressed how fast we'll develop things. >> saying every egyptian in tahrir square was a leader. but his postings drove a lot of people to the square. coming up the silicon valley connection that took him to egypt, his arrest and how his family here
president obama pleased but somber. >> there are... very few moments in our lives where we have the privilege to witness history taking place. and this is one of the moments. >> jipt's armed forces supreme council now runs the country. a spokesman promised the army would transition to a representative government. the google executive whose postings helped spark this revolution says heroes under the streets. >> real heroes are in the streets. the real heroes are every single...
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and the test will be, will obama demagogued? >> i think not. >> the fever of egypt is spreading throughout the middle east. >> the united states strongly opposes the use of violence and strongly supports reform. that move toward democratic institution building and economic openness. i called my counterpart in bylined this morning and directly conveyed our deep -- bahrain of this morning and directly conveyed our deep concern. >> the rebellion in is spreading. in bahrain, the government can't -- banned public protest. people have been killed. doctors who have tried to help have been beaten. these are supposed to be good guys. modern, international banking center and home to the navy's fifth fleet -- believe. -- fifth fleet. >> right next to saudi arabia. >> autocratic kingdom. i spoke about speaker boehner about what he did -- i will say something about the bush administration, specifically secretary of state condoleezza rise to very early on, are demanding some very important speeches about bringing democracy to the middle east.
and the test will be, will obama demagogued? >> i think not. >> the fever of egypt is spreading throughout the middle east. >> the united states strongly opposes the use of violence and strongly supports reform. that move toward democratic institution building and economic openness. i called my counterpart in bylined this morning and directly conveyed our deep -- bahrain of this morning and directly conveyed our deep concern. >> the rebellion in is spreading. in bahrain,...
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in a letter to president obama yesterday the former governor of utah said he is planning to leave by the end of april. >>> a japanese volcano that roared back to life last week had its biggest explosion yet today, shooting out plumes of gas, boulders, and ash, and breaking windows five miles away. no serious injuries have been reported, but officials are recallinging more than 1,000 nearby residents to evacuate. >>> and visitors to washington's library of congress will soon be able to visit and view the first u.s. map printed in north america. created in the 1847, it's the first map made after the american revolution, the first map copyrighted and the first one to feature the american flag. >>> the dow opens at 11,891. the nasdaq rose 13. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei was up 36 points, while in hong kong the hang seng climbed 35. stocks wrapped up the first month of the year on an upswing, despite worries that the & deepening crisis in egypt could undermine global oil supplies. fears the uprising could spread or disrupt deliveries in the oil-rich
in a letter to president obama yesterday the former governor of utah said he is planning to leave by the end of april. >>> a japanese volcano that roared back to life last week had its biggest explosion yet today, shooting out plumes of gas, boulders, and ash, and breaking windows five miles away. no serious injuries have been reported, but officials are recallinging more than 1,000 nearby residents to evacuate. >>> and visitors to washington's library of congress will soon be...
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you had president obama calling on mubarak last tuesday to begin a transition, in his words, now. but then, yesterday, i guess it was, we had frank wizner who was sent to the region to talk to president mubarak of egypt coming out and saying this. listen to what he had to say. >> the president must stay in office in order to steer those changes through. i therefore believe that president mubarak's continued leadership is critical. it's his opportunity to write his own legacy. >> schieffer: and the administration was quick to say he wasn't speaking for the administration in that. but what did you take from that? why did he say that? >> i think that frank, who is a very experienced diplomat, probably has had as many years in the state department as tom has, understands that removing mubarak is going to be critical here. he's trying to i think create some space for him to move. but that the administration, particularly the president has a different challenge. he's kind of like a high wire artist in which he's got to walk a fine line between wanting mubarak to go but not go in a way t
you had president obama calling on mubarak last tuesday to begin a transition, in his words, now. but then, yesterday, i guess it was, we had frank wizner who was sent to the region to talk to president mubarak of egypt coming out and saying this. listen to what he had to say. >> the president must stay in office in order to steer those changes through. i therefore believe that president mubarak's continued leadership is critical. it's his opportunity to write his own legacy. >>...
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wings clipped with the last flight of the discovery channel's of the decommissioned soon and under obama's new space program astronauts will have to rely on russian spacecraft to take them into orbit. or aspiring middle east unrest at the moment draining wars in afghanistan and iraq and an ongoing financial slung american policymakers are facing a lot of pressing problems and our team spoke to brant scowcroft former u.s. national security adviser about the challenges ahead for the country. mr scowcroft thank you very much for joining all t. you belong to the school of foreign policy realists that's what they say for yourself and your republican with a career stretching across five american expert ministrations so we'd like to discuss several foreign policy issues with you and your view what are the consequences for the u.s. middle east policy after the toppling of mubarak in egypt and ben ali in tunisia you know one is always caught off guard by revolutions. because there are a surprise for a surprise to president ben ali and to president mubarak it's hardly unusual or be a surprise to the
wings clipped with the last flight of the discovery channel's of the decommissioned soon and under obama's new space program astronauts will have to rely on russian spacecraft to take them into orbit. or aspiring middle east unrest at the moment draining wars in afghanistan and iraq and an ongoing financial slung american policymakers are facing a lot of pressing problems and our team spoke to brant scowcroft former u.s. national security adviser about the challenges ahead for the country. mr...